Window seat



No. 627,072. Patented lune l3, I899. S. GARY.

WINDOW SEAT.

(Application filed July 23, 1898.)

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SHELDON CARY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

WIN DOW-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,072, dated June 13, 1899.

Application filed July 28, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, SHELDON CARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a detachable and auxiliary seat for a window and adapted to be securely placed upon the sill for use by a person cleaning the exterior of the windowsash; and the object of my invention is to provide such a seat which may be readily put in place or removed and which when put in place for use must be so manipulated and arranged in order to place it that when adjusted for use it will insure safety from accident to the user.

My invention consists, primarily, in a main frame adapted to reach across and be sustained in a window-opening, a supplemental frame pivoted to said main frame and adapted to serve as a back piece, a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapted to play to said back piece, together with means on said back piece and seat adapted to engage each other when said seat is swung to said back piece, and my invention also comprises certain devices of construction in said seat in combination, as hereinafter particularly described and as more at' length recited in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation my invention and showing the same folded up in condition for convenient transportation. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the same, shown placed upon a window-sill and partly opened into position for use. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same as placed ready for use. Fig. 4 is a vertical central longitudinal section of the apparatus closed or folded up; and Fig. 5 is a view in perspective, in detail, of parts of the two frames and the seat and illustrating the desirable means on the back piece and seat for engagement with each other when the apparatus is adjusted for use.

A is the main frame, preferably composed Serial No. 686,654. (No model.)

base a uniting the lower ends of the uprights and adapted to seat to the inward edge of a window-sill, as shown. This main frame A is preferably adapted to extend from the sill upwardly, so that its upper portion will rest against the inward side of the sash-rail, as indicated by a broken line in Figs. 2 and 3. The described adjustment of the said frame will securely hold the apparatus in place in the window-opening below the sash.

B is the supplemental frame,which serves as a back piece or support and guard for the user and is pivotally connected to the said main frame A, preferably by rods or arms I) b, the outward ends of which are hinged to the frame B at 1), preferably at points above the level of the base a of the main frame, and the inward ends of which are hinged to said main frame at 11 preferably at points thereon below the level of theupward face of the sill. hen the said rods orarms are given the described preferable arrangement, it is evident that an outward pressure on the back piece, as by the user leaning backward against it, will effect a leverage through said rods or arms to draw the base a of the main frame toward the inward side of the sill, and thus tend to aid in holding the frame A securely in position in the window-opening.

The frame B is desirably composed of the uprights b towhich the arms or rods 1? b are hinged, a base b extending between the lower ends of said uprights b and affording, as by shoulders W, a support or rest for the seat, to

,be presently described, and desirably constituting a wide foot-piece b for said uprights, together with a top cross-piece b'flwhich is preferably outwardly bent or curved, as shown, and is desirably pivotally united at its ends to the inward faces of the upper ends of the uprights b and falls to and rests upon a shoulder on each said upright when in position shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

O is a seat pivoted by rods or arms 0, attached thereto, to the main frame A, as at c, and said seat is adapted, as shown, to play within the frame B when swung downwardly and outwardly and to restupon the support 19 on said frame B or to play within the frame A and stop against lugs a therein when swung or folded upwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and t. The frame '13 and seat 0 are severally provided with means which engage each other and releasably lock the seat to the frame B when the seat is lowered to its support 12 on said frame, and these means may be constituted of a lug b on each said upright b of the frame B, engageable to a notch c in the seat C when the seat is down upon the support 17 on said frame B. A guard-chain may be employed, as illustrated at D, to connect the seat with the main frame.

It is evident that the described apparatus may be readily folded up for convenience in transportation, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4, the seat 0 folding within the frame A and resting against the studs a as described, and the back frame B folding against the said frame A, whereto it may be detachably secured by a hook I9 engaging a stud a, while the curved top 5 of the back frame may be swung upwardly, so as to lie in line with the uprights b and be held in position by hooks I2 engaging eyes 19 as shown; and it is evident that when it is desired to arrange the apparatus for use and the main frame A has been adjusted, as described, in the windowopening the back frame will befirst lowered and swung outward to its seat on the window-ledge before the seat 0 may be lowered to and locked in position to receive the user, who will sit thereon with his legs between the seat edge and the ledge and with his back supported or guarded by the cross-piece b and as the seat 0 in its closed position in the frame A will bar the passage .of the user through the window-opening until it is lowered into place on the back frame B it is apparent that an accident to the user by an attempt to occupy the apparatus before the seat is in position to receive him will be prevented.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a window-seat the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across and be sustained in a window-opening, of a supplemental frame pivoted to said main frame and adapted to serve as a back piece, and a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapted to play to said back piece, together with means severally on said back piece and seat adapted to engage each other when said seat is swung to said back piece; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a window-seat the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across and be sustained in a window-opening, of a supple mental frame adapted to serve as a back piece, and pivoted to said main frame by arms which are hinged to said main frame at the base thereof which fits to the windowsill, and which arms are hinged to said supplemental frame at points above said base of said main frame, together with a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapted to play to said back piece; substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

3. In a window-seat the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across a windew-opening and having a base adapted to fit upon the window-sill, of a supplemental frame adapted to serve as a back piece, arms pivotally connectingsaid frames to each other, a seat-support on said supplemental frame, a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapted to play within the same and said supplemental frame, and means severally on said seat and supplemental frame adapted to releasably lock the former to the latter when the former rests upon said support; substan= tially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a window-seat the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across a window-opening, a base to said frame adapted to fit to the window-sill, a supplemental frame adapted to serve as a back piece and pivotally connected by arms to said main frame, of a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapted to play therein and in said supplemental frame, and provided with notches to engage studs on said supplemental frame when said seat is lowered to its support in said frame; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a window-seat the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across the window-opening and having a base adapted to fit to the window-sill, of a supplemental frame adapted to serve as a back piece, arms pivotally connecting said frames, with the pivots to the main frame below the level of the pivots to the supplemental frame, and a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapted to play within the same and said supplemental frame, together with means to releasably lock said seat to said supplemental frame when said seat is lowered to its support thereon; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a window-seat the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across the window-opening and having a base adapted to fit to the window-sill, of a supplemental frame adapted to serve as a back piece, arms pivotally connecting said frames, with the pivots thereof to said main frame in the base thereof below the level of the window-sill, and

'a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapt- ;ed' to play to and be releasably locked to said supplemental frame when swung to rest upon its support therein; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a window-seat the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across and be sustained in the window-opening, of a supplemental frame adapted to serve as a back piece and having a top cross-piece pivotally mounted therein, said supplemental frame being pivotally connected by arms or rods to said main frame, and a seat pivoted to said main frame and adapted to play to and be supported in said supplemental frame; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a window-seat, the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across and be 62am a 9. In a window-seat, the combination with a main frame adapted to reach across and be sustained in awindow-opening, of a supplemental frame adapted to serve as a back piece and having a top cross-piece which is outwardly bent or curved therefrom and pivotally mounted therein, said supplemental frame being pivotally connected to said main frame, and said frames being provided with means to releasably lock them in position relatively to each other when said supplemental frame is swung from said main frame; substantially as and for the purpose specifled;

SHELDON GARY; Witnessesf ARDEN S. FITCH, M. F. DAL-Y. 

